Jan Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 212 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The construction of child neglect in English-speaking countries: Children, risk and poor families
Children's Lives: Taking Account of the Social
The Significance of the Social for Child Well‐Being
This article responds to the theme of this special edition by drawing on the findings of our research on child well‐being, where children linked a holistic understanding of well‐being with an emphasis on the socially situated nature of their experiences of well‐being. We briefly outline our epistemological approach and methodology, involving a multistage qualitative study with children 8–15 years, about their understandings and experiences of wel…
Shame, Social Orders and the Governing of Women and Girls through Institutions in New South Wales
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has illuminated, through the testimonies of survivors of abuse, how feelings of shame acted as a powerful barrier to prevent disclosures of abuse by children in these institutions. In this essay, we take this finding as a starting point, and examine the ways in which experiences of shame and institutional shaming practices facilitated the control of women and girls through th…
The meaning of a label for teenagers negotiating identity: Experiences With Autism Spectrum Disorder
There is a lack of consideration for the effects that labels such as autism, and the associated diagnostic processes, have on the children to whom they are applied. In this article we present research conducted with five teenagers diagnosed with autism. Through a collaborative, participatory research approach, these teenagers shared their experiences of their diagnosis using communication methods of their choice. The young people's accounts illus…
Locating the Child Centrally as Subject in Research: Towards a Child Interpretation of Well-Being
Children as Experts in Their Lives: Child Inclusive Research
Exploring issues of children as actors in social research
Children’s Participation?: Learning from Children and Adults in the Asia-Pacific Region
A Children's Standpoint: Needs in Out‐of‐Home Care
This article discusses research reported in ‘The Needs of Children in Care’ ( Mason and Gibson, 2004 ) in which children participated in defining their needs in out‐of‐home care. In this study a central research presumption was that children are knowledgeable about their own needs. The methods used to facilitate the involvement in the project of children and adult stakeholders in out‐of‐home care are described. Also described are findings from th…
When Children are Asked About Their Well-being: Towards a Framework for Guiding Policy
Service user experience of participation in child welfare case management
Child welfare case management systems were designed, in part, to standardize participatory practices for both young people and their parents. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study of Australian service users' experiences of participation when using the case management systems, Looking After Children and Supporting Children and Responding to Families. Findings indicate that the majority of service users reported positive experienc…
The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction
Mason looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy which require or involve medico-legal intervention. The unwanted pregnancy is considered particularly in the light of the Abortion Act 1967, s.1(1)(d) and the related action for so-called wrongful birth due to faulty ante-natal care. The unexpected or uncovenanted birth of a healthy child resulting from failed sterilisation is approached through an analysis of the semina…
Children's conceptualisation(s) of their well-being
Children taken seriously: In theory, policy and practice
Foreword, Mary John, Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter. Working Seriously Towards New Partnerships: An Introduction. Toby Fattore and Jan Mason with Chris Sidoti, International Service for Children's Rights, Geneva. Part 1: Theory. 1. Women's Studies/Childhood Studies: Parallels, Links and Perspectives. Leena Alanen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. 2. Theorizing Representation of and Engagement with Children: The Political Dimension of C…
Maternal and Paternal Responsibilities to the Fetus Compared: A Trans-Atlantic Comment
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Foster Care and Permanency an Analysis of the Context for Practice
This paper is an historical analysis of foster care, exploring its linkage with the concept of permanency in the United States (a major force in defining the direction of foster care policy) and in Australia. Use of the political economy and feminist approaches highlights the extent to which the child welfare system is based on policies which enhance social inequality, while promoting a particular ideal of the nuclear family which dichotomises mo…
Work and Welfare: A Reevaluation of AFDC
Policy development and research trends—as they relate to work, welfare, and AFDC—are reviewed in this article. The authors examine the persistence over time of the values of capitalism, liberalism, and positivism, which have resulted in the work ethic and influenced the nature of AFDC. They outline a research agenda to counter the influence of these values and further the development of a child support system more relevant to the present needs of…
Children's conceptualisation(s) of their well-being
When Children are Asked About Their Well-being: Towards a Framework for Guiding Policy
Children as Experts in Their Lives: Child Inclusive Research
Service user experience of participation in child welfare case management
Child welfare case management systems were designed, in part, to standardize participatory practices for both young people and their parents. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study of Australian service users' experiences of participation when using the case management systems, Looking After Children and Supporting Children and Responding to Families. Findings indicate that the majority of service users reported positive experienc…
The meaning of a label for teenagers negotiating identity: Experiences With Autism Spectrum Disorder
There is a lack of consideration for the effects that labels such as autism, and the associated diagnostic processes, have on the children to whom they are applied. In this article we present research conducted with five teenagers diagnosed with autism. Through a collaborative, participatory research approach, these teenagers shared their experiences of their diagnosis using communication methods of their choice. The young people's accounts illus…
Locating the Child Centrally as Subject in Research: Towards a Child Interpretation of Well-Being
Exploring issues of children as actors in social research
Work and Welfare: A Reevaluation of AFDC
Policy development and research trends—as they relate to work, welfare, and AFDC—are reviewed in this article. The authors examine the persistence over time of the values of capitalism, liberalism, and positivism, which have resulted in the work ethic and influenced the nature of AFDC. They outline a research agenda to counter the influence of these values and further the development of a child support system more relevant to the present needs of…
The construction of child neglect in English-speaking countries: Children, risk and poor families
Foster Care and Permanency an Analysis of the Context for Practice
This paper is an historical analysis of foster care, exploring its linkage with the concept of permanency in the United States (a major force in defining the direction of foster care policy) and in Australia. Use of the political economy and feminist approaches highlights the extent to which the child welfare system is based on policies which enhance social inequality, while promoting a particular ideal of the nuclear family which dichotomises mo…
Work and Welfare: A Reevaluation of AFDC
Policy development and research trends—as they relate to work, welfare, and AFDC—are reviewed in this article. The authors examine the persistence over time of the values of capitalism, liberalism, and positivism, which have resulted in the work ethic and influenced the nature of AFDC. They outline a research agenda to counter the influence of these values and further the development of a child support system more relevant to the present needs of…
Foster Care and Permanency an Analysis of the Context for Practice
This paper is an historical analysis of foster care, exploring its linkage with the concept of permanency in the United States (a major force in defining the direction of foster care policy) and in Australia. Use of the political economy and feminist approaches highlights the extent to which the child welfare system is based on policies which enhance social inequality, while promoting a particular ideal of the nuclear family which dichotomises mo…
Maternal and Paternal Responsibilities to the Fetus Compared: A Trans-Atlantic Comment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Children taken seriously: In theory, policy and practice
Foreword, Mary John, Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter. Working Seriously Towards New Partnerships: An Introduction. Toby Fattore and Jan Mason with Chris Sidoti, International Service for Children's Rights, Geneva. Part 1: Theory. 1. Women's Studies/Childhood Studies: Parallels, Links and Perspectives. Leena Alanen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. 2. Theorizing Representation of and Engagement with Children: The Political Dimension of C…
The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction
Mason looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy which require or involve medico-legal intervention. The unwanted pregnancy is considered particularly in the light of the Abortion Act 1967, s.1(1)(d) and the related action for so-called wrongful birth due to faulty ante-natal care. The unexpected or uncovenanted birth of a healthy child resulting from failed sterilisation is approached through an analysis of the semina…
Children's conceptualisation(s) of their well-being
A Children's Standpoint: Needs in Out‐of‐Home Care
This article discusses research reported in ‘The Needs of Children in Care’ ( Mason and Gibson, 2004 ) in which children participated in defining their needs in out‐of‐home care. In this study a central research presumption was that children are knowledgeable about their own needs. The methods used to facilitate the involvement in the project of children and adult stakeholders in out‐of‐home care are described. Also described are findings from th…
When Children are Asked About Their Well-being: Towards a Framework for Guiding Policy
Service user experience of participation in child welfare case management
Child welfare case management systems were designed, in part, to standardize participatory practices for both young people and their parents. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study of Australian service users' experiences of participation when using the case management systems, Looking After Children and Supporting Children and Responding to Families. Findings indicate that the majority of service users reported positive experienc…
Children’s Participation?: Learning from Children and Adults in the Asia-Pacific Region
Children as Experts in Their Lives: Child Inclusive Research
Exploring issues of children as actors in social research
Locating the Child Centrally as Subject in Research: Towards a Child Interpretation of Well-Being
The meaning of a label for teenagers negotiating identity: Experiences With Autism Spectrum Disorder
There is a lack of consideration for the effects that labels such as autism, and the associated diagnostic processes, have on the children to whom they are applied. In this article we present research conducted with five teenagers diagnosed with autism. Through a collaborative, participatory research approach, these teenagers shared their experiences of their diagnosis using communication methods of their choice. The young people's accounts illus…
Children's Lives: Taking Account of the Social
The Significance of the Social for Child Well‐Being
This article responds to the theme of this special edition by drawing on the findings of our research on child well‐being, where children linked a holistic understanding of well‐being with an emphasis on the socially situated nature of their experiences of well‐being. We briefly outline our epistemological approach and methodology, involving a multistage qualitative study with children 8–15 years, about their understandings and experiences of wel…
Shame, Social Orders and the Governing of Women and Girls through Institutions in New South Wales
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has illuminated, through the testimonies of survivors of abuse, how feelings of shame acted as a powerful barrier to prevent disclosures of abuse by children in these institutions. In this essay, we take this finding as a starting point, and examine the ways in which experiences of shame and institutional shaming practices facilitated the control of women and girls through th…
The construction of child neglect in English-speaking countries: Children, risk and poor families
Sociology (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Social science (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works)